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Q&A: Jeff Ballingall, founder of Ontario Proud, on his right-wing meme machine
He helped take down Kathleen Wynne, and now he’s targeting Justin Trudeau
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Q&A: Karina Gould, Canada’s minister of democratic institutions, on defending our elections
She’s putting Russia, China, Facebook, Twitter and Google on notice
City News
Toronto is now one step closer to ranked-ballot voting
If only the provincial government always worked this swiftly. In just under two weeks at Queen's Park, ranked-ballot voting for...
City News
Reaction Roundup: the seven top responses to yesterday’s Liberal victory in the Toronto Centre byelection
“Liberal candidate wins in Liberal stronghold” is not a very exciting statement, but you wouldn’t know that from reading the...
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Campaign wizard Nick Kouvalis won’t help Rob Ford in the next election—unless the mayor goes to rehab
Nick Kouvalis, the mastermind behind the “gravy train” and with it Rob Ford’ s 2010 election win, won’t help with Ford’s...
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Mayor May Not: we rundown Rob Ford’s recent (and lucky) close calls in court
Between a libel suit, a conflict-of-interest case and an election audit, Rob Ford is spending more time in court than Lindsay...
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Rob Ford went $40,000 over the spending limit, according to a campaign audit
A very, very long-awaited audit of Rob Ford’ s 2010 campaign finances released late this afternoon found the mayor blew the...
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Michael Ignatieff makes doomsday predictions about the death of democracy
After retiring from federal politics last year, Michael Ignatieff has been on an intellectual crusade against political...
City News
Watch out, Austria: Magna man Frank Stronach is coming for you (with a brand new political party)
We’ve been wondering how Frank Stronach has been passing his days since he took a step back from Magna International and his...
City News
The weirdest mayoralty ever—the inside story of Rob Ford’s city hall
On Newstalk 1010, the sly strains of the Hollies hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” offered the first clue. Then...
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After stalling for 11 months, Rob Ford is finally ready for his election audit
After stalling and stalling and stalling some more, Rob Ford has a radical new tactic for dealing with his campaign audit: just do...
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In a shocking development, Rob Ford tried to delay his campaign audit—again
Rob Ford is a man who knows how to stall, but even his very best tactics couldn’t delay his upcoming audit appeal hearing any...
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Ontario Conservatives name Richard Ciano party president, hoping for that sweet Rob Ford campaign magic
Apparently hoping to learn a thing or two about, you know, actually winning elections, the Ontario Progressive Conservatives chose...
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Maria Augimeri avoids a by-election; Rob Ford avoids the referendum he probably doesn’t want anymore
Thanks to the Superior Court of Ontario, Maria Augimeri avoided the crushing indignity of a by-election. The court ruled last...
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Rob Ford could go to court over campaign finances—but likely won’t have to take the stand
Rob Ford is hoping an Ontario court will disregard a compliance audit committee’s findings and instead hold a trial to determine...
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Rob Ford hits the mayoral campaign trail several years early
Sure, Rob Ford may currently be riding out one of the rockier periods in his administration’s term thus far; but that hasn’t...
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Activist watchdog Fair Elections Toronto continues dogging Rob Ford
Rob Ford probably has enough to worry about these days, but a group of activists is once again calling for a review of the...
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Major daily newspapers offer totally predictable political endorsements for the provincial election
Toronto’s various daily newspapers have announced their endorsements for Ontario premier, and most of the recommendations are...
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Markham voting study suggests more people vote when voting is easy (as in, voting from your living room easy)
Markham has made voting in municipal elections as easy as indicating your preference for hockey over politics, an experiment that...
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Vandalism of Liberal signs and cars hits four Toronto ridings
Until late last week, Toronto had been spared the election-themed vandalism that’s hit other ridings (notably Ottawa, where a...
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Elections Canada reminds Canadians it exists, and will charge them $25,000 for tweeting voting results
The time has come for one the country’s political traditions: Elections Canada trying to stop people from spreading information...
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Who’s winning the YouTube election? Four hilarious videos lend some insight
Elections are crazy times for many reasons, but one of our favourite parts of any big election is the onslaught of thousands of...
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See dorky and hot pictures of Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper and Jack Layton in the blush of youth
Kim Campbell once said that “elections are no time to discuss serious issues.” We disagree with the statement, but applaud its...
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Rick Mercer gets the youth vote out, Conservatives shut it back in
Rick Mercer might actually be the most powerful spokesperson for the youth vote in Canada. After years of national hand-wringing...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
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Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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